The city of Mosul, for example, was ostensibly defended by 25,000 soldiers and police officers—but when ISIS attacked it, Reuters quotes local officials as saying, only about 10,000 of those individuals were present.
The city of Mosul, for example, was ostensibly defended by 25,000 soldiers and police officers—but when ISIS attacked it, Reuters quotes local officials as saying, only about 10,000 of those individuals were present.